Filling and packaging technologies manufacturer Krones has opened a West Coast office in Ontario, California, US. The 2,781-square-foot facility is located in the Concours Plaza, located at 3491 Concours Street, and will house sales and ...
General Motors has manufactured the first set of 130 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles equipped with self-driving technology at its Orion Assembly Plant in Michigan. These vehicles will join a fleet of 50 self-driving Bolt EVs already ...
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Nissan has completed installing two new DC fast charge stations in Southeastern Michigan adding to the increasing infrastructure of electric vehicle fast chargers in the state. The stations are located at USA 2 GO convenience stores in ...
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Packaging products and machinery manufacturer Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) has agreed to acquire Canadian Technical Tape (Cantech) for about $63m. Based in Montreal, Canada, Cantech is a privately-owned North American supplier of ...
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The Alkaline Water Company said that it sold a record $1.84m of Alkaline88 water to its customers in May 2017. The Company is the creator of an innovative, state-of-the-art, proprietary electrolysis beverage process. The Company packages ...
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Dow Chemical has completed the construction of its new ELITE enhanced polyethylene production facility in Freeport, Texas, US. Part of the firm’s $6bn expansion on the US Gulf Coast, the 400,000 metric ton polyethylene facility is ...
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Spectra Packaging has started expansion work at its manufacturing facility in Suffolk, UK. The company said groundwork foundations have been set for new steel structures at its 17.4-acre site. Building work is expected to be completed ...
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A new report from Smithers Pira has revealed that digital print for packaging market will surge to $23.2bn in 2022, from $13.2bn in 2017. The report titled ‘The Future of Digital Print for Packaging to 2022’ explores how the ...
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Advantis has revealed that is in talks with two cultivators in the US states of Nevada and Maryland to expand its marketing reach for Amstercan packaging machine. N2pack, which is building the machine, is due to deliver it to Advantis ...
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Traceability systems provider Optel has opened new manufacturing plants in Campinas, Brazil. The company said its new site in Sao Paulo, particularly in Campinas, was opened due to the quality of the local infrastructure, which will help ...
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UK-based Kite Packaging is expanding its headquarters in Coventry, West Midlands with an investment of about £1.5m. The investment will see the company upgrade its warehouse facilities servicing Midlands and online customers. It ...
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Seaboard Folding Box, a portfolio company of private equity firm Charter Oak Equity, has acquired paperboard specialist Imperial Packaging for an undisclosed price. Based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Imperial Packaging manufactures folding ...
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US pet food manufacturer Freshpet has selected Butler Automatic auto-splicing technology, in a bid to improve production efficiency on one of their pet food manufacturing and packaging lines. They came across a solution at PackExpo that ...
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Beyond Meat said it will expand US distribution of its Beyond Burger into the meat section of Safeway grocery stores. The ground-breaking burger’s expansion into Safeway marks a substantial push by Beyond Meat into the mainstream ...
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The Valspar has expanded production capacity of its automotive refinish coatings products at US-based manufacturing facilities. Recent technology and equipment upgrades at locations in Garland, Texas and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania have ...
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